No rational order of divine intelligence unites species. The natural ties are genealogical along contingent...#Intelligence
We are glorious accidents of an unpredictable process with no drive to complexity, not the...#Stephen Jay Gould
The proof of evolution lies in those adaptations that arise from improbable foundations.#Stephen Jay Gould
The most important scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronement of...#Stephen Jay Gould
The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never...#Stephen Jay Gould
Nothing is more dangerous than a dogmatic worldview - nothing more constraining, more blinding to...#Stephen Jay Gould
Look in the mirror, and don't be tempted to equate transient domination with either intrinsic...#Stephen Jay Gould
Few tragedies can be more extensive than the stunting of life, few injustices deeper than...#Stephen Jay Gould
When people learn no tools of judgment and merely follow their hopes, the seeds of...#Stephen Jay Gould
